FEE CHANGE NOTICE; Beginning January 1, 2025
Ohio Senate Bill 94 was passed into law & became effective on October 24, 2024. The bill allows the County Recorder to charge & collect a document preservation surcharge of up to five dollars per document. See ORC Sec. 317.32.
Beginning January 1, 2025, the Mercer County Recorder’s office will begin collecting an additional recording fee of $5.00 per document. This fee will help support the ongoing costs of preservation of the office & continued digitization of documents.
The additional $5.00 fee will be applied to documents with a current recording fee of $34.00 for the first two pages & $8.00 for each subsequent page.
The new fee will not apply to documents assigned “unique” recording fees per the Ohio Revised Code such as: Federal Tax Liens, Ohio Department of Job & Family Services Liens, Plats, Township Zoning Code documents, UCC’s, etc.
INCREASED RECORDING FEES DUE TO LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
# of Pages
Fee
1 Page
$39.00
2 Pages
$39.00
3 Pages
$47.00
4 Pages
$55.00
5 Pages
$63.00
6 Pages
$71.00
7 Pages
$79.00
8 Pages
$87.00
9 Pages
$95.00
10 Pages
$103.00
*$4.00 reference fees and standardization guidelines still apply.
MAIL – IN CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS
As of November 1, 2024, the offices of Auditor, Tax Map, and Recorder will accept deeds and other instruments of conveyance by mail. We ask that the legal description be preapproved by the Tax Map office, prior to sending documents in for recording. When mailing documents in, please note the following requirements:
- Provide us with an email from Tax Map office showing that the document has been pre-approved;
- Auditor’s forms must be filled out;
- Separate checks must be prepared for the Mercer County Auditor’s office, Mercer County Recorder’s office, and Mercer County Treasurer’s office. If checks are combined, your documents will be rejected.
- Provide any specific recording instructions, and
- Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of documents. We will not mail any documents back without an envelope!
Our offices will not be responsible for any lost documentation or recordings being in the incorrect order.
For faster turnaround, our office does offer eRecording for conveyances through Simplifile. https://simplifile.com
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter and we look forward to serving you!